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cowtown † West 
n. a town largely dependent on the cattle business; a shipping point for cattle.
See also: ranching town
- 1916 Macleod, site of the first station of the Royal North-West Mounted Police, has had fame for forty years as a typical "cow-town."
- 1953 On into the southwest near the Alberta border is Maple Creek, Saskatchewan's cow town.
- 1962 Southern Alberta still has many ranches, and Calgary is still a cowtown. . . .
- 1916 Macleod, site of the first station of the Royal North-West Mounted Police, has had fame for forty years as a typical "cow-town."